Ayr United are coming to town as another chapter in the south west derby with Queen of the South is written.

Much of the build-up has looked at the talented strikers of both sides in the league’s top scorers Stephen Dobbie and Lawrence Shankland. The duo have combined for seven goals with the Doonhamer topping the chart with four strikes but Naysmith says it’s not Dobbie vs Shankland on Saturday.

Gary said: “I’m looking forward to it myself.

“I see the build-up talk is about Stephen Dobbie versus Lawrence Shankland but I want to get away from that really.

“We’ve watched a lot of Ayr United and you see Lawrence getting the headlines but they’ve only conceded one goal so far this season so they’re doing things right at the other end of the pitch as well.

“Both Stephen and Lawrence are outstanding players and credit to Lawrence, as he is a completely different player from a few years ago, but I wouldn’t swap Stephen for anybody. He has done it for longer and at a higher level.”

This fixture has all of the potential to be great one for the neutral and even better for supporters but for Queens it is all about continuing to keep the good performances coming.

Naysmith (pictured) said: “We’ve had three good performances in a row against Falkirk, St Johnstone and Stenhousemuir.

“We’ve created chances and played well and we want to maintain it. If we can win we’ll be on seven points from 12 which I think would be a good start to the season.

“Ayr United are carrying on from where they left off last year too. You see that sometimes with teams – they build up expectations to keep winning and they do.

“Apparently they’re bringing 700 to 1,000 fans so it should add to the atmosphere and both sets of fans and both teams will be looking forward to Saturday.”